Head of Supply Chain

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Job Description

Job Title: Head of Supply Chain
Working Pattern: Full-time
Working Location: Bristol or Derby

We're looking for a bold and forward-thinking Head of Supply Chain to lead delivery excellence and operational resilience across our Planning & Control function. This role plays a vital part in ensuring we meet On-Time In Full (OTIF) delivery targets for mission-critical programmes, while optimising working capital and cost performance. It's a leadership opportunity with real strategic impact - shaping how our teams deliver for the UK's national security.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of supply chain operations at the heart of our defence programmes. With career development, technical challenge and critical national purpose all in one role, you'll have the backing of a global brand while building the supply chains of tomorrow.

What We Offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What You Will Be Doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Lead a high-performing Planning & Control team, ensuring OTIF delivery across Original Equipment and Services supply chains.
• Own supply chain performance and risk management in partnership with internal customers and Supplier Management.
• Act as the functional leader and coach for Supply Chain Operations Managers and Delivery Controllers.
• Drive improvement initiatives and ensure tools, governance and processes support world-class supply chain execution.

Who We're Looking For

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Demonstrate strong leadership in complex operational environments, ideally in engineering, manufacturing, procurement or logistics.
• Be confident in leading change programmes and stakeholder engagement at a senior level.
• Show proven experience managing people, developing talent, and building high-performance teams.
• Possess deep knowledge of supply chain risk management, planning and delivery frameworks.
• Thrive in matrix organisations, with the ability to prioritise and adapt in high-pressure situations.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving.

We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category

Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date

24 Apr 2025; 00:04

Posting End Date

30 Apr 2025

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